Associate Provost Masse named new music dean at Stetson
Thomas Gilmore Masse ’91MM, ’92AD, has been named the next Dean of the Stetson University School of Music. Masse will begin work in his position in June. Masse served as Deputy Dean of the Yale School of Music from 2005 to 2009 He is currently the Associate Provost for the Arts at Yale University. A clarinetist, [...]
Michael Compitello appointed to Cornell University faculty
Michael Compitello ’09MM, ’12MMA has been appointed Interim Lecturer in Percussion at Cornell University, where he will direct Cornell’s percussion ensembles—the Cornell University Steel Band and the World Drum and Dance Ensemble—and coordinate the school’s percussion department. This fall, Compitello is also Interim Lecturer in Percussion at UMass Amherst, where he teaches private lessons and [...]
Alumni garner faculty appointments
Thomas Novak ’91MM promoted to Provost of New England Conservatory; appointments also for Matthew Barnson ’12DMA, Katherine Lee ’02AD, Doug Lindsey ’10MM, Naomi Seidman ’04MM Thomas Novak ’91MM was promoted to Provost at the New England Conservatory. Having served as Dean of the College since 2007, Novak will continue to oversee Conservatory faculty, curriculum, admissions, [...]
Melvin Chen returns to Yale
Melvin Chen has been appointed Associate Professor of Piano (adjunct) at the Yale School of Music. In announcing this faculty position, Dean Robert Blocker has also appointed Chen to serve as Deputy Dean of the School. Blocker commented: “Melvin Chen’s longstanding relationship with Yale College and the School of Music, his international profile as an [...]
Alum Robert Aldridge appointed director of music department at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers
Grammy Award-winning composer to direct Music Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts Composer and YSM alum Robert Livingston Aldridge ’00DMA has been named the director of the music department of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Aldridge recently won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for the [...]
Amphion String Quartet to join CMS Two
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center announced today the appointment of two outstanding young ensembles, the Amphion String Quartet and the Danish String Quartet, to its prestigious CMS Two program. The three-year residency will begin with the 2013–2014 season. Three of the four members of the Amphion Quartet are alumni of the Yale School [...]
Faculty appointments for YSM alumni
Michael Mizrahi ’08DMA, ’04MMA was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Piano at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Mizrahi has presented lecture-recitals and masterclasses at The American School in Switzerland (TASIS), the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He was a fellow of The Academy and a member of [...]
Conor Nelson ’05MM appointed to faculty at Bowling Green State University
Conor Nelson ’05MM has been appointed Assistant Professor of Flute in the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University commencing Fall, 2011. Canadian flutist Conor Nelson gave his New York recital debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and has since appeared frequently as soloist and recitalist throughout the United States and [...]
Mellasenah Indira Edwards ’91MM to Head Music Department at Baltimore School for the Arts
Mellasenah Indira Edwards ’91MM, a graduate of the Yale School of Music, has been selected to head the music department at the Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA), a school that provides pre-professional training in the arts in the context of a college preparatory curriculum. Dr. Edwards replaces Chris Ford; her position was approved by [...]
Faculty appointments for Bruce Neswick ’80MM, Ilya Poletaev ’10DMA
Pianist Ilya Poletaev ’10DMA has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Piano at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Poletaev captured first prize at the prestigious XVII International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig and, as the winner, will appear in recital at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. As a solo pianist, [...]
William Purvis appointed the Director of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
The Yale School of Music is pleased to announce that William Purvis has been appointed as the Director of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments. Purvis, a horn player, conductor, and educator, has been serving as the Interim Director of the Collection since 2008. After several years as a faculty artist at the Norfolk Chamber [...]
Bo Li ’09MM appointed principal viola of Hong Kong Philharmonic
Bo Li ’09MM has been appointed the principal viola of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He will begin work with the orchestra in August. At the Yale School of Music, Li studied with the late Jesse Levine. “He taught me a lot,” Li said of Levine. “That I can get this position mostly comes from [...]
Peter Oundjian to be music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Peter Oundjian – a longtime faculty member of the Yale School of Music, the principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale, and a former first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet – was named the new music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He will succeed Stéphane Denève in the role. According [...]
Clara Yang ’06MM, ’07AD joins UNC faculty
Pianist Clara Yang ’06MM, ’07AD has joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the music department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Praised by Peninsula Reviews for her “superb technique and extraordinary musical understanding,” Clara Yang has performed in venues such as the Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Remonstrantse Kerk in [...]
Composer Augusta Read Thomas ’88MM appointed University Professor at U of Chicago
Renowned composer Augusta Read Thomas ’88MM has been appointed as University Professor of Composition in the Department of Music and the College at the University of Chicago, according to a recent announcement from the university. Thomas studied composition with Jacob Druckman at the Yale School of Music and is currently a composer-in-residence with the New [...]
